Guy Etchells wrote: >>... > There was a time when we all shared full information freely no many > do not even acknowledge who they are. You know what has happened to those days! > I was concerned when the UK government announced the proposal to > change the registration system in this country from a paper based > one to an online one, due to the restrictions placed on some > records. How long are the UK census records kept sealed? (In the USA it is 72 years.) > Now I await the new system with longing, every new birth marriage > and death will be instantly online for all to access. > No longer will people fret that their birth details appear on a > website we will have returned to a situation lost for the last 20 or > so years a time of sense. > > In the UK there is nothing private about a wedding date, it is a > public ceremony if fact, if it is carried out behind locked doors > the wedding is not valid. > Birth details are not private, for years proud parents and > grandparents have taken out newspaper advertisements to advertise > the births & baptisms, everyone has a right to purchase everyone > else's birth certificates; why should we now be afraid of such > things? > Have you ever heard of criminals "stealing" an identity (not to mention a bank account)? > Why is it acceptable to publish the pedigrees of the rich and famous > but not the everyday people? The well known are actually better protected against ID theft simply because they are well known! > As for the myth of fraud etc., secrecy is the haven for fraud, > openness is its enemy. "Myth"? Guy, you are still living in the 20th century, man. - RM

> > I was concerned when the UK government announced the proposal to > > change the registration system in this country from a paper based > > one to an online one, due to the restrictions placed on some > > records. > > How long are the UK census records kept sealed? (In the USA it is 72 > years.) > Census! 100 years. -- Mick G CT-USA Researching: Gorbals: Bryan, McDonald Hereford: James, South, Yarranton. St Giles in the Fields: Barnett, Bryan, Gurling, Holland, Ing, Yarranton. Southwark: Quinton, Richards. Stafford/Salop Belliston, Boycott, Cleary, Yorke